Polystichum munitum (Kaulf.) C.Presl
First published in Tent. Pterid.: 83 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Alaska to Mexico (Baja California Norte, Island Guadalupe). It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Alaska, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington
Introduced into:
Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Pennsylvania
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Aetopteron munitum House in Amer. Fern J. 10: 89 (1920)
- Aspidium munitum Kaulf. in Enum. Filic.: 236 (1824)
- Aspidium munitum var. incisoserratum D.C.Eaton in Ferns N. Amer. 1: 188 (1878)
- Aspidium munitum var. nudatum D.C.Eaton in J.J.Rothrock, Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler 6(Botany): 335 (1878 publ. 1879)
- Dryopteris munita Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 813 (1891)
- Nephrodium plumula C.Presl in Reliq. Haenk. 1: 33 (1825)
- Polystichum munitum f. flabellatum A.A.Eaton in Fern Bull. 9: 8 (1901)
- Polystichum munitum subsp. inciso-serratum (D.C.Eaton) Piper & Beattie in Fl. N.W. Coast: 7 (1915)
- Polystichum munitum var. incisoserratum (D.C.Eaton) Underw. in Native Ferns, ed. 6: 116 (1900)
- Polystichum munitum f. incisoserratum (D.C.Eaton) Clute & H.St.John in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 41: 191 (1928)
- Polystichum munitum subsp. nudatum (D.C.Eaton) Ewan in Amer. Fern J. 32: 100 (1942)
- Polystichum munitum f. nudatum (D.C.Eaton) M.Broun in Index No. Amer. Ferns: 148 (1938)
- Polystichum munitum subsp. solitarium Maxon in Fern Bull. 11: 39 (1903)
- Polystichum plumula C.Presl in Tent. Pterid.: 83 (1836)
- Polystichum solitarium Underw. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 493 (1908)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Gonggrijp, S. & al. (2021). Nova Flora Neerlandica, Lycopodiopsida & Polypodiopsida: 1-275. KNVV uitgeverij.
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
- Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
- Verloove, F. (2019). Manual of the Alien Plants of Belgium http://alienplantsbelgium.be.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Gonggrijp, S. & al. (2021). Nova Flora Neerlandica, Lycopodiopsida & Polypodiopsida: 1-275. KNVV uitgeverij.
- Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
- Verloove, F. (2019). Manual of the Alien Plants of Belgium http://alienplantsbelgium.be.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images